u


Definition: Meaning of, u in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / juː /

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  1. chiefly British of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use
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  1. the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
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U


Definition: Meaning of, U in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / juː /

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U U's, u's
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  1. [uncountable and countable] the 21st letter of the English alphabet
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  2. [singular, uncountable] British English used to describe a film that has been officially approved as suitable for people of any age [↪  PG ; =  G AmE]
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  3. [countable] British English a mark given to a student's work to show that it is extremely bad
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[written] [informal]
  1. a way of writing 'you', used especially in emails and TEXT MESSAGE s
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U used in phrases

  • B.T.U. (noun)
    1. a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
  • U value (noun)
    1. a measure of how well a building element transfers heat, with smaller values corresponding to better insulation and hence less heat loss; it is the rate of energy loss per unit area per degree difference in temperature, and is equal to the inverse of the R value
  • U-boat (noun)
    1. a German SUBMARINE, especially one that was used in the Second World War
  • U-shaped (adjective)
    1. shaped in the form of the letter U
  • U-turn (noun)
    1. a turn that you make in a car, on a bicycle etc, so that you go back in the direction you came from
    2. a complete change of ideas, plans etc
  • U.
    1. American English informal an abbreviation of university
  • U. S. Army (noun)
    1. military the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
  • U. S. Coast Guard (noun)
    1. an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
  • U.N. (noun)
    1. the UN the United Nations an international organization that tries to find peaceful solutions to world problems
  • U.S. Congress (noun)
    1. the legislature of the United States government
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Pronunciation: ˈsʌmə ˈsnəʊfleɪk
Parts of Speech: noun
common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States